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While this seems like a legal (and moral/ethical) win, I can't help assume there will be no meaningful justice for anyone directly affected by the conspiracy. At best there might eventually be a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of the victims, resulting in a meager payout.

Meanwhile the perpetrators will reorganize and lobby their misdeeds into legality.

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Justice is an ongoing effort. Its effects span restitution, retribution, and deterrence. If no one in the system ever pursued justice without figuring out how it gets him paid for this transaction, this time, there would be no justice. And all the way down that sliding scale of justice, where the global minimum is basically Haiti, you have increasingly heavy-handed chances to stop the bleeding (e.g. El Salvador.)

For more concrete specifics, reorgs and lobbying are both costs, so you can rest content that this effort imposes costs.

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